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The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase

19756.11h 35m

Overview

The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?

Directed by Claude Zidi
Written by Michel Fabre, Jean-Luc Voulfow
Produced by Christian Fechner
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Top Cast

Pierre Richard

Pierre Richard

Pierre Vidal

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Janet

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

Commissaire Brunet

Marc Doelnitz

Marc Doelnitz

Marc

Amadeus August

Amadeus August

Gunther

Henri Déus

Henri Déus

Mike

Luis Rego

Luis Rego

Franz

Catherine Allégret

Catherine Allégret

Nicole

André Bézu

André Bézu

André

Jean Martin

Jean Martin

Le directeur de la banque

About The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase is a comedy film released in 1975. Directed by Claude Zidi, it stars Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Michel Aumont. The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?

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